ArtiMuse: Fine-Grained Image Aesthetics Assessment with Joint Scoring and Expert-Level Understanding

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14533v2
• Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:10:24 GMT
• Title: ArtiMuse: Fine-Grained Image Aesthetics Assessment with Joint Scoring and Expert-Level Understanding
• Authors: Shuo Cao, Nan Ma, Jiayang Li, Xiaohui Li, Lihao Shao, Kaiwen Zhu, Yu Zhou, Yuandong Pu, Jiarui Wu, Jiaquan Wang, Bo Qu, Wenhai Wang, Yu Qiao, Dajuin Yao, Yihao Liu,
• Abstract summary: ArtiMuse is an innovative MLLM-based IAA model with Joint Scoring and Expert-Level Understanding capabilities.<n>ArtiMuse-10K is the first expert-curated image aesthetic dataset comprising 10,000 images spanning 5 main categories and 15 subcategories.
• Score: 32.55711618391249
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The rapid advancement of educational applications, artistic creation, and AI-generated content (AIGC) technologies has substantially increased practical requirements for comprehensive Image Aesthetics Assessment (IAA), particularly demanding methods capable of delivering both quantitative scoring and professional understanding. Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM)-based IAA methods demonstrate stronger perceptual and generalization capabilities compared to traditional approaches, yet they suffer from modality bias (score-only or text-only) and lack fine-grained attribute decomposition, thereby failing to support further aesthetic assessment. In this paper, we present:(1) ArtiMuse, an innovative MLLM-based IAA model with Joint Scoring and Expert-Level Understanding capabilities; (2) ArtiMuse-10K, the first expert-curated image aesthetic dataset comprising 10,000 images spanning 5 main categories and 15 subcategories, each annotated by professional experts with 8-dimensional attributes analysis and a holistic score. Both the model and dataset will be made public to advance the field.

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